that's what she said

I went to start a post of some of the crazy things the girls have said lately, and I realized I still had one saved in my drafts that never got published...so we'll start with a few oldies from a couple months back:

--After reading Shelby her bedtime stories, I gave in & had "dark time" with her. She adores when we turn the lights off in her room, and we lay with her and talk in the dark. I was telling her what a delight she was and how much fun I had with her that day. She started rubbing my face and said: "I'll keep thinking of you every day when you're dead."

--For whatever reason, Shelby is very intrigued by the topic of death. {Thankfully this phase has since passed!} We were reading a book about a nine year old boy.
Shelby: Well, I'm not nine yet.
Me: You'll be nine in just four more years. Can you believe that?
Shelby: I wonder how old I'll be when I die!

--Three other comments revolving around mortality from Shelby before the phase passed:
I hope this isn't the last day of your life. OMG!!!
I hope I live long enough to be a mom.
Two reasons I love air: we breathe it, and it keeps raindrops from killing us. ?!?!?!

--Derek & I were discussing biographies with Shelby and how some people write autobiographies about their own lives. She quickly jumped in and told us that we'd have to write her biography for her b/c she can't remember her whole life. ;)

--As we're driving down the highway, I suddenly hear Shelby shout out: "Hey, lady! Get back down!" I assumed she something out her window, but I really had no clue what she was talking about. Naturally, I replied: "What?" She promptly told me: "The speed limit sign said 60, and you're going WAY over that!" It's super fun that she can see the speedometer from her carseat. ;)


And now for a few more recent ones...

--Hadley was sucking on a dum-dum one day & having some deep thoughts. ;)  This is kind of like a treat and a refreshment.

--I saw Brady trying to get one of his cars that appeared to be out of his reach, so I asked Hadley to help him. Almost as soon as she went to help him, he managed to reach the car. Well, he's a hero. He can get his own toys now!

--When asked what they want to be when they grow up, Shelby & Hadley will both answer with a laundry list of jobs. They both 100% believe they'll be about to have about 10-15 jobs one day. On one particular day after bath, Shelby rattled off about ten different future careers which included substitute teacher. When I asked her why she wanted to be a substitute teacher instead of a regular teacher this was her response: Well, I don't want to see the same kids every day because that would be boring, and I don't want to go to all the meetings. OMG!!! I couldn't get over her reasoning! Isn't she a little young to already be annoyed by meetings?! I think she's heard Dada & Grampy talk about their views on meetings a time or two. ;)

--Shelby & I recently started a little journal where we write letters back and forth to each other. Usually it takes me a few days to get a note written to Shelby, but she almost always writes hers to me immediately after receiving the journal. She typically writes to me in the mornings b/c she is an early riser and spends a lot of time in her room reading before the rest of the house is up & moving. After I returned the journal to Shelby for her turn to write, she told me: I just want to give you an alert that it might take a while for me to write back to you b/c I'm so busy reading my new cooking book. I loved that she was giving me an "alert." ;)


And lastly, here are a few things Shelby has written lately that I wanted to save/remember. The first is something that Shelby actually wrapped and gave to us for Christmas. It reads: "I will do 15 jobs for you. (They can be ANYTHING!)  + 5 free beach trips"  We made some kind of comment about being amazed at how she was going to be able to pay for five beach trips for us. She promptly corrected us: No, I'm not paying for the beach trips! I just meant I'm giving you five free beach trips with me. You don't even have to ask me to go with you, I'll just go for free!

These next two pictures are of the schedule Shelby wrote out for Derek to follow while I was out of town last month. After I got home, the schedule was still out on the counter. Derek told me was embarrassed by the number of times he had to check the schedule to make sure he was still on track. ;)

 

 

And last but not least, Shelby came home from school with this gem this past week. I think it's a peek into her love languages!